Method of staying slits in garments



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W. D. SMITH & W. H. PAUL.

METHOD OF STAYING SLITS IN GARMENTS. No. 325,126. Patented Aug. 25, 1885.

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\VALTEI-t D. SMITH AND \VILLIAM H. PAUL, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

METHOD 0F STAYING SLITS IN GARMENTS.

SPECIFICATIONforming part. of Letters Patent No. 325,126, dated August 25, 1885.

Application filed July 12, 185-1.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WALTER D. SMITH and XVILL'IAH H. PAUL, residing at Baltimore, ltIaryland, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Methods of Staying Slits in Garments, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming part hereof, in which- Figure 1 is a view ofpart of the rear of a shirt, showing our improved stay. Fig. 2 is a section therethrongh on line 1 y, the covering strip being omitted, the section being the same as that on line g i of Fig. 7. Fig. 3 is a view of the first step in making up our stay, showing a slit cut in the material. Fig. 4 is a view showing the next step, being the stretching of the slit sides in a straight line and binding them with a single strip. Fig. 5 shows the slit closed, with the two parts of the stay parallel. Fig. 6 is a section on line z .2, Fig. 5. Fig. 7 shows the parts of the stay folded down.

Like letters mark the same parts in all the figures.

Our invention relates to garments, and has for its object to furnish a simple, cheap, and effective stay for the slits in any portion thereof.

To this end it consists in the method herein set forth and claimed.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A is the front of a shirt; B, theback, and C the bosom.

In illustrating our stay we have shown it applied only to the slit in the back; but, as before stated, it may be applied to any slit which is subject to strain or liable to tear in use.

In constructing our stay, a slit, I), being out,

we draw the material out so that the edges of the slit will lie in a straight line, as at b in Fig. 4. Ne then take a strip, D, of any suitable material of the proper length, which is double the length of the slit folded 011 itself,

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and bind it on the edges of the slit while in a straight line, as specified. This being accomplished, when the material in which the slit is made is brought to theposition shown in Fig. 7 the binding will be folded so that the two parts thereof will stand parallel to each other and at substantially right angles to the body of material. These two folded portions standing at right angles, as stated, are now folded down parallel to the material in which the slit is made, and the side (2 is stitched down to the material, as shown in Fig. 7, forming a substantial and strong support for the buttons which are sewed thereon. The part d of the hem D may be covered by another strip finished to a point, as shown in Fig. 1, or the two parts (I (1 may be stitched to the body of the shirt at the bottom, as shown at d" in Fig. 7. The buttonholes are worked in the part (7'.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is

The method herein described of staying a slit in a fabric or garment, consisting in stretching out the material so that the edges of the slit lie in a continuous line, then binding the same with a strip of its full length, next bringing the edges of the same together, the binding standing out folded, the folds lying substantially parallel to each other and at right angles to the slitted fabric, then folding the inner fold of the binding down upon the material, and, finally, stitching said inner fold to the fabric, as set forth.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER D. SMITH. WILLIAM H. PAUL.

'XVitnesscs:

Bimsimkns, Loris PAUL. 

